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JOHNNY WILLIAM TRAINHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1949 – November 21, 1969
Service recordJohnny William Trainham, of Linden, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Linden, Alabama (Marengo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 107
- ADOLPHUS HALL JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- JAMES THURSTON SMOAK JRCorporal · November 21, 1969
- ANTHONY A VIRBICKASCorporal · November 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BOYLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 104
- CURTIS RUSSELL FRANTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 105
- PHILIP LAWRENCE JEWELLCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 106
- PETER JOSEPH LACEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 106
- ROBERT KENT WORTHENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 108
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.